Category Archive: NASCAR

Jun 19

On This Day In Sports History…..

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1846 – The New York Knickerbocker Club played the New York Club in the first baseball game at the Elysian Field, Hoboken, NJ. It was the first organized baseball game. 1867 – In New York, the Belmont Stakes was run for the first time. 1943 – The National Football League approved the merger of the …

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Jun 13

Jason Leffler dies from injuries suffered at Bridgeport Speedway race

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New Jersey state police have announced that NASCAR driver Jason Leffler has died as a result of injuries suffered in a wreck at Bridgeport Speedway in New Jersey, according to the Associated Press. Leffler was 37. Leffler was racing a Sprint Car at the track’s “Night of Wings” when his car apparently flipped on the …

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Jun 11

$400,000 car, wrecked: This is not how you want your afternoon drive to go

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Yeah, so, this is not how you want to treat your $400,000 Bugatti. Meet Edmund Burgess, of Lavenham in the United Kingdom. As Autoblog relates, Mr. Burgess was driving his 1924 Bugatti Type 13 in the Prescott Speed Hill Climb in Gloucestershire. The brakes apparently failed, the car rolled, and, well, Mr. Burgess was quite …

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May 16

SJ Radio Episode Who Knows? The MIGHTY Reg Tribute Show

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Sports Jabber Radio has been off the air for over 3 years now but we had to come back to pay respects to one of the pioneers who launched SportsJabber.net. The MIGHTY One-Legged Janitor-Spock Klingon Warrior: Reg DeVone. Join Mark, Lee, Ben, and a HOST of other folks from both Cowboys Pride Radio and Sports …

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May 10

NBA on TNT discussing Derrick Rose wasting of all our time

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Every bit of hate Derrick Rose has inspired in Chicago Bulls and NBA fans- he’s truly earned it. Yes, both the Chicago Bulls front office/media relations and Derrick Rose himself are to blame on this clusterf….. However, Derrick Rose is the highly paid superstar; he’s the icon. It’s on him to rise above and do …

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May 06

Danica Patrick finishes 33rd at Talladega; even behind Ricky Bobby

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Danica Patrick fell into a multi-car crash, finished an awful 33rd in the Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday at Talladega. Ricky Bobby probably even beat here on this Talladega day; and he’s not even real. Danica Patrick was in the middle of the pack on lap 182 when several cars crashed in …

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May 05

NASCAR themed Spanish Telenovela Premiering tonight

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NASCAR is going to have it’s own nighttime soap opera. En Espanol. Happy Cinco de Mayo! This takes me back to my Spanish class days at Illinois. My UI prof made us watch “Destinos,” a Spanish soap about Raquel es una abogada y su hermana Arturo. Arturo was from Argentina so los padres de Raquel …

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Apr 25

Danica Patrick does The Colbert Report (video)

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NASCAR driver and promotional tour de force Danica Patrick appeared on The Colbert Report last night. Stephen Colbert, a Northwestern grad and America’s famous fake news man introduced Danica to The Colbert Report crowd by saying: “she won pole position at the Daytona 500; I didn’t know they’ve been running that race for 500 years.” …

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Apr 07

Free Unlimited Exposure and Views on your Blog Sound Good?

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We are truly “victims” of our own success. By “we” I mean the staff that “serves & protects” the members & SJ’s unique environment and most of all, YOU the members. Neither Deb or I are normally stat geeks, but we’ve become such lately when our server host said, in essence…”YOU’RE BLOWING UP THE SHARED …

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Apr 04

The Sports Bank.net: Danica Patrick looks to turn things around at Martinsville

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Danica Patrick is looking to change her recent fortune at Sunday’s STP Gas Booster 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway. This weekend Danica Patrick will add her name to history as she will become the first female driver to ever qualify for and race at Martinsville. But Danica Patrick is focused on …

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